Throughout the Christmas season, the Digicel Foundation is bringing renewed hope to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa through the distribution of $30 million JMD in Hardware and Lumber Limited vouchers to support home repairs and rebuilding efforts, with a strong focus on western Jamaica, where communities were among the hardest hit.
This initiative forms part of the Foundation’s ongoing hurricane relief and recovery
programme, which has seen volunteers on the ground weekly, delivering critical
assistance to vulnerable families, schools, and special needs institutions since the
passage of the storm.
“Christmas is a time of hope and togetherness and we wanted to ensure that families
who were severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa are not forgotten,” said Charmaine
Daniels, CEO of the Digicel Foundation. “These hardware vouchers represent our
commitment to helping families restore dignity, safety, and stability as they move
forward.”
In addition to hardware vouchers, the Digicel Foundation has expanded its care
packages to include essential hygiene supplies, such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste,
and toothbrushes. The care packages also include solar lights, helping families navigate
ongoing power challenges. These enhanced packages continue to be distributed
alongside food assistance to communities still facing disruption months after the
hurricane.
To date, the Foundation’s hurricane relief efforts have reached 35 communities and
groups across the island, delivering over 6,000 food packages and more than 900
hygiene packages, with 1,000 hardware vouchers set to be distributed as part of this
phase of recovery.
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